TN: 1963 Quinta do Noval Vintage Port

[Al B.]

Decant: 3 hours - English bottled, purchased from Farr Vintners. Mature red centre, touch of orange at the rim. Nose of clementines (someone else called it Star Fruit) and rose petals. Sweet and delicate entry, with strawberry flavours. Still some tannins supporting the structure, nice and balanced acidity supports a fruit-laden mid-palate. Aftertaste appears dissapointingly short - but then slides back into focus and stays at subtle levels for quite a while. Very elegant showing. Christian Seely commented that this was the best recent bottle of the '63 that he has had. A lovely wine, in the top quartile of my drinking expectations for the year, but not one to keep for years - 8/7 on Tom's scale. 93 points